The Watanabe Kazoku Manor

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Tenaka looks into Takahiro's kindly face, seems for a moment as if he is struggling to be able to say anything at all, then sighs deeply and says, "Master, there are many things which worry me, but of them all only three things that are of such great concern that you might need to be appraised of them. Firstly, I am afraid of any harm that my past may bring to your house. Secondly, what I have seen of your house gives me concern for the future. And thirdly, I have a deep dark secret that I am afraid will change how you look upon me for ever."

Then sinking to his knees before Takahiro, Tenaka bowed his head to the ground and said, "My Master, I will gladly talk to you of the first and second concerns, but I need time to be able to decide how to best deal with the third. Which of the first two do you wish me to talk about first?" Then raising his head from the floor, he sat back on his heels and gazed up into Takahiro's face once more and awaited his response.

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